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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7719349, member: 75937&quot;]Very good, [USER=44210]@ValiantKnight[/USER]! I bought this one at a local show in early May but had to treat it for bronze disease. It took about a month of soaking in distilled water but it appears to be cured. </p><p><br /></p><p>It dates from AD 143-145 and was issued in conjunction with the dedication of the Temple to Diva Faustina.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustina-sr-pietas-avg-s-c-candelabrum-sestertius-jpg.1320352/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Faustina I, AD 138-140.</p><p>Roman orichalcum sestertius, 24.87 g, 31.2 mm, 11 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 143-145.</p><p>Obv: DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: PIETAS AVG S C, Pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense out of right hand over lighted &#039;candelabrum-altar&#039;, left, and holding box in left hand.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1146Aa; BMCRE 1442-44; Cohen --; Strack 1241; RCV 4631; Hill <i>UCR</i> 382.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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